Lord West of Spithead
The Rt Hon. the Lord West of Spithead GCB DSC
Labour
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 8 July 2007
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Government Performance against Fiscal Rules
07/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, does my noble friend the Minister agree that, if we get defence policy wrong and there is a war, welfare and the National Health Service wil...
Armed Forces: Recruitment and Retention
06/07/2025 • Lords
Does my noble friend the Minister agree that we have slightly lost sight of why youngsters want to join the military? I do not View full contribution →
Peers’ Entrance Security Door
01/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, previously I said, slightly tongue in cheek, that going for the best is often a problem in terms of protection. There is a real risk of goin...
F35A and F35B Jets
30/06/2025 • Lords
I thank my noble friend the Minister for his reply, although my question has been rather shredded of various elements by the previous debate. It is wo...
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether the recently announced procurement of twelve F35A jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons will affect the pla...
Middle East
23/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I have to congratulate the Government on the way they have been handling the current situation. I fought in a number of wars, and there is n...
Holocaust Memorial Bill
16/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am a simple sailor, but my thoughts are that, when they start work deep in the basement, would they please not use Navy or Army divers to ...
Defence Industrial Base
15/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I ask my noble friend the Minister: does the Treasury now understand that all this military equipment requires a drumbeat of orders? For exa...
UK Nuclear Deterrent
02/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, it has always been the case that the nuclear programme has been at the very limits of our technological, industrial, scientific and cost pro...
Reservoirs: Protection from Contamination
02/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, if I could correct my noble friend, because she is probably not aware of it, in 2008 there was an attempt by eight al-Qaeda operatives to po...
BBC World Service
01/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, while it is absolutely right that defence and security are more than just arms, I say as an aside before I ask my question that actually hav...
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